Making Effective Presentations
Steven J. Bell. "Mounting Presentations
on the Web: Presentation Software, HTML or both?" Online Magazine:
The Magazine for Information Professionals. Sept./Oct. 1998. "Good presentations always result from
high-quality content, proper use of graphics and design, adequate preparation, and
well-honed presenting skills (e.g., speaking, timing, use of humor, etc.). Slides,
graphics, multimedia, and even Web-based mounting methods are merely tools that help
facilitate the delivery of the message. Technology will be beneficial only if its use
enhances your message."
Getting Started
Effective presentations include
refinement of three components: content (audience,
purpose, message), visuals (media, design, use), delivery
(skills, applications)
Guidelines
for Oral Presentations
A quick overview from an instructor at Auburn University.
Effective
Presentations
A site from Kansas University Medical Center that includes online
tutorials on making effective oral presentations, poster sessions, and visual aids for
presentations in scientific communication.
Cheryl Reimold. "Preparing Outstanding
Presentations." Tools of the Trade, IEEE Professional Communication Society, and
"How to Deliver Winning Presentations."
Note: Cheryl Reimold's full-text articles are
not available online from IEEE as of 1/19/99, but I have written to the author to ask
where they might still be available for your use; I'll let you know. In the meantime, the
original version of "Preparing Outstanding Presentations" was reprinted in five
parts in the IEEE Fort Worth Section Newsletter. They are linked as follows.
--ejc
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
The
Virtual Presentation Assistant is an online tutorial for improving your public
speaking skills. From the Communications Studies Department at the University of
Kansas.
The Art of
Communicating Effectively might be a good place to start if you do not know anything
about making presentations and want an introduction. More experienced presenters and
listeners might perhaps find this site insulting; it's an unimportant part of an otherwise
commerical site.
Organizations
National Speakers
Association
Toastmasters
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